Lace with gauzf-like ground made on single-thread machines



E. IU'RCK. LACE WITH GAUZE LIKE GROUND MADE 0N SINGLE THREAD MACHINES. APPLICATION FILED IULYSI. I9I6.

1,337,294. I Patented Apr. 20, 1920.

"UNTED STATES PATENT OFFCE EUGEN TRCK, OF LANGERFELD, NEAR BARMEN, GER-MANY, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO TEE AMERCAN FABRICS COMEANY, CF BRIDGEPGRT, CON- NECTICUT, A CORPORATION 0F CONNECTICUT.

LACE WITH GAUZE-LIKE GROUND MADE 0N SINGLE-THREAD MACHINES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 20, 1920.

Application led July 31, 1916. Serial No. 112,390.

To all 107mm t may Concern.'

Be it known that I, EUGEN TRGK, a citizen of the German Empire and resident of Langerfeld, near Barmen, Germany, have invented a new and useful improvement in Laces with Gauze-Like Ground Made on Single-Thread Machines, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact specilication.

My invention refers to laces with gauze like ground which are made on single thread braiding or lacing machines in which ground threads running in a zigzag line are worked in such a manner that said threads constitute inscribed squares in addition to the squares of the gauze ground in order to give the lace the appearance of filet antique.

In the known lace the said threads are single threads and they interloop or intertwist in pairs in the middle of the single transverse strip pieces of the gauze ground whereby their moving direction is reversed. The object of this invention is tov employ at least two threads and to plait'or connect both groups of threads to a braid similar to the warp strips of the ground whereby the transverse strips are constituted by eX- changing of threads between the so formed braids and the real warp strips.

By means of this novel arrangement a much better hold of the threads forming the inscribed squares within the longitudinal and transverse strips of the gauze like foundation will be obtained which is of peculiar importance if in the formation of scalloped or serrated edges the laces are cut and the threads are severed at their tying points. A further advantage resulting from my invention is that thinner threads may be chosen than in the known laces and the lace has therefore a more uniform appearance. The figuration of the lace can also vary much more for while in the known laces new patterns can be produced only by filling` out the large squares forming the peculiar filet ground in the novel lace not only the said ground may be varied, figuring it sometimes as so called filet antique,l sometimes as filet ordinaire, but on the other hand for creating peculiar patterns sometimes larger, sometimes smaller squares of the lace foundation may be filled out. On the accompanying drawing mv invention is illustrated by way of example Figure 1 showing a piece `of the new lace and F ig. 2

portion of the same on a larger scale.

In the said figures a are the longitudinal or warp strips which run at fixed distances apart and are each composed of four threads plaited together and the weft like transverse strips formed by the interchange of the marginal threads of each of two ad` jacent warp strips which in conjunction with the former form the gauze or net like foundation of the lace. Into this ground are also worked special threads in such a manner that they constitute inscribed squares within the squares of the lace foundation giving the fabric the character of filet antique. Contrary to the known laces these threads are not single ones, but there are always two simultaneously working threads c, Z which at the tying points on the weft strips b meet in pairs and as at said points four threads occur the same are plaited together to a four thread braid which is similar to the braid of the warp strips (t. The weft strips are then formed by interchanging the marginal threads of the four thread braid e and the adjacent warp strips a as will be clearly understood from Fig. 2 of the drawing, and the bobbins need not therefore travel the long paths between the warp strips and the result is an increased quantity in manufacture.

The thickness of the threads c, Z is similar to the threads of the warp strips they being composed of two thicker and two thinner threads. The thicker threads being treated with a slighter tension are interchanged for the formation of the weft strips b. At the meeting or crossing points of the warp strip a the threads c Z may be interlooped as in the known laces or they may be plaited together. Between the tying points the two simultaneously working threads c, d are advantageously intertwisted as shown.

As will be readily understood from the drawing at the tying points of the threads c Z with the weft threads b there happen to be also four strands which are like the warp strips e plaited to a four thread braid a which arrangement allows to be altered the figuration of the lace foundation in such a way that a filet antique may be changed or transferred into a filet ordinaire in which case instead of a large square four smaller squares are interposed see Fig. 2 bottom portion. For forming a pattern a portion of these smaller squares or a section including partly small, partly large squares may be filled out and in this manner and in Varying the character of the foundation a large number of different figurations may be produced.

What clailn and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

A lace made on single thread braiding machines With gauze like foundation having inscribed squares Within the squares of the gauze like foundation said inscribed squares being composed of at least two simultane- 15 ously Working threads, two groups of said threads meeting in the middle of the weft strip pieces being plaited relative to the braid of the longitudinal or Warp strips, While the Weft strips are formed by inter- 20 changing of threads from said braids and the proper War strips. Y

IUGEN TURCK. [ns] Witnesses:

ALBERT NUFER,

HELEN NUFER. 

